diff --git a/src/rules.cpp b/src/rules.cpp
index cac04156e..5744dd3ca 100644
--- a/src/rules.cpp
+++ b/src/rules.cpp
@@ -87,18 +87,7 @@ void autoColorize (
   Config& conf)
 {
   // Note: fg, bg already contain colors specifically assigned via command.
-  // Note: These rules form a hierarchy - the last rule is king.
-
-  // Colorization of the recurring.
-  if (gsFg["color.recurring"] != Text::nocolor ||
-      gsBg["color.recurring"] != Text::nocolor)
-  {
-    if (task.getAttribute ("recur") != "")
-    {
-      fg = gsFg["color.recurring"];
-      bg = gsBg["color.recurring"];
-    }
-  }
+  // Note: These rules form a hierarchy - the last rule is King.
 
   // Colorization of the tagged.
   if (gsFg["color.tagged"] != Text::nocolor ||
@@ -234,6 +223,17 @@ void autoColorize (
       bg = gsBg["color.due"];
     }
   }
+
+  // Colorization of the recurring.
+  if (gsFg["color.recurring"] != Text::nocolor ||
+      gsBg["color.recurring"] != Text::nocolor)
+  {
+    if (task.getAttribute ("recur") != "")
+    {
+      fg = gsFg["color.recurring"];
+      bg = gsBg["color.recurring"];
+    }
+  }
 }
 
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
diff --git a/src/tests/abbreviation.t b/src/tests/abbreviation.t
index 4d9b27515..18d330e65 100755
--- a/src/tests/abbreviation.t
+++ b/src/tests/abbreviation.t
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 
 use strict;
 use warnings;
-use Test::More tests => 15;
+use Test::More tests => 22;
 
 # Create the rc file.
 if (open my $fh, '>', 'abbrev.rc')
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ if (open my $fh, '>', 'abbrev.rc')
   ok (-r 'abbrev.rc', 'Created abbrev.rc');
 }
 
-# Test the add command.
+# Test the priority attribute abbrevations.
 qx{../task rc:abbrev.rc add priority:H with};
 qx{../task rc:abbrev.rc add without};
 
@@ -66,6 +66,28 @@ $output = qx{../task rc:abbrev.rc list pri:H};
 like   ($output, qr/\bwith\b/,    'pri:H with');
 unlike ($output, qr/\bwithout\b/, 'pri:H without');
 
+# Test the version command abbreviations.
+$output = qx{../task version};
+like ($output, qr/ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY/, 'version');
+
+$output = qx{../task versio};
+like ($output, qr/ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY/, 'versio');
+
+$output = qx{../task versi};
+like ($output, qr/ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY/, 'versi');
+
+$output = qx{../task vers};
+like ($output, qr/ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY/, 'vers');
+
+$output = qx{../task ver};
+like ($output, qr/ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY/, 'ver');
+
+$output = qx{../task ve};
+like ($output, qr/ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY/, 've');
+
+$output = qx{../task v};
+like ($output, qr/ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY/, 'v');
+
 # Cleanup.
 unlink 'pending.data';
 ok (!-r 'pending.data', 'Removed pending.data');
diff --git a/src/tests/color.active.t b/src/tests/color.active.t
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..0ad678223
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/tests/color.active.t
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+#! /usr/bin/perl
+################################################################################
+## task - a command line task list manager.
+##
+## Copyright 2006 - 2009, Paul Beckingham.
+## All rights reserved.
+##
+## This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
+## the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software
+## Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later
+## version.
+##
+## This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+## ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS
+## FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for more
+## details.
+##
+## You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
+## this program; if not, write to the
+##
+##     Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
+##     51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
+##     Boston, MA
+##     02110-1301
+##     USA
+##
+################################################################################
+
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+use Test::More tests => 5;
+
+# Create the rc file.
+if (open my $fh, '>', 'color.rc')
+{
+  print $fh "data.location=.\n",
+            "color.active=red\n",
+            "_forcecolor=1\n";
+  close $fh;
+  ok (-r 'color.rc', 'Created color.rc');
+}
+
+# Test the add command.
+qx{../task rc:color.rc add nothing};
+qx{../task rc:color.rc add red};
+qx{../task rc:color.rc start 2};
+my $output = qx{../task rc:color.rc list};
+
+like ($output, qr/ (?!<\033\[\d\dm) .* nothing .* (?!>\033\[0m) /x, 'none');
+like ($output, qr/ \033\[31m        .* red     .* \033\[0m /x, 'color.active');
+
+# Cleanup.
+unlink 'pending.data';
+ok (!-r 'pending.data', 'Removed pending.data');
+
+unlink 'color.rc';
+ok (!-r 'color.rc', 'Removed color.rc');
+
+exit 0;
+
diff --git a/src/tests/color.due.t b/src/tests/color.due.t
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..af1f0077e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/tests/color.due.t
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+#! /usr/bin/perl
+################################################################################
+## task - a command line task list manager.
+##
+## Copyright 2006 - 2009, Paul Beckingham.
+## All rights reserved.
+##
+## This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
+## the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software
+## Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later
+## version.
+##
+## This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+## ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS
+## FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for more
+## details.
+##
+## You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
+## this program; if not, write to the
+##
+##     Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
+##     51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
+##     Boston, MA
+##     02110-1301
+##     USA
+##
+################################################################################
+
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+use Test::More tests => 5;
+
+# Create the rc file.
+if (open my $fh, '>', 'color.rc')
+{
+  print $fh "data.location=.\n",
+            "color.due=red\n",
+            "_forcecolor=1\n";
+  close $fh;
+  ok (-r 'color.rc', 'Created color.rc');
+}
+
+# Test the add command.
+qx{../task rc:color.rc add due:eoy nothing};
+qx{../task rc:color.rc add due:tomorrow red};
+my $output = qx{../task rc:color.rc list};
+
+like ($output, qr/ (?!<\033\[\d\dm) \d{1,2}\/\d{1,2}\/\d{4} (?!>\033\[0m) .* nothing /x, 'none');
+like ($output, qr/ \033\[31m        .* red .* \033\[0m/x, 'color.due');
+
+# Cleanup.
+unlink 'pending.data';
+ok (!-r 'pending.data', 'Removed pending.data');
+
+unlink 'color.rc';
+ok (!-r 'color.rc', 'Removed color.rc');
+
+exit 0;
+
diff --git a/src/tests/color.keyword.t b/src/tests/color.keyword.t
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..4e99e7400
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/tests/color.keyword.t
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+#! /usr/bin/perl
+################################################################################
+## task - a command line task list manager.
+##
+## Copyright 2006 - 2009, Paul Beckingham.
+## All rights reserved.
+##
+## This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
+## the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software
+## Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later
+## version.
+##
+## This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+## ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS
+## FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for more
+## details.
+##
+## You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
+## this program; if not, write to the
+##
+##     Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
+##     51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
+##     Boston, MA
+##     02110-1301
+##     USA
+##
+################################################################################
+
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+use Test::More tests => 6;
+
+# Create the rc file.
+if (open my $fh, '>', 'color.rc')
+{
+  print $fh "data.location=.\n",
+            "color.keyword.red=red\n",
+            "color.keyword.green=green\n",
+            "_forcecolor=1\n";
+  close $fh;
+  ok (-r 'color.rc', 'Created color.rc');
+}
+
+# Test the add command.
+qx{../task rc:color.rc add nothing};
+qx{../task rc:color.rc add red};
+qx{../task rc:color.rc add green};
+my $output = qx{../task rc:color.rc list};
+
+like ($output, qr/ (?!<\033\[\d\dm) .* nothing .* (?!>\033\[0m) /x, 'none');
+like ($output, qr/ \033\[31m        .* red     .* \033\[0m      /x, 'color.keyword.red');
+like ($output, qr/ \033\[32m        .* green   .* \033\[0m      /x, 'color.keyword.green');
+
+# Cleanup.
+unlink 'pending.data';
+ok (!-r 'pending.data', 'Removed pending.data');
+
+unlink 'color.rc';
+ok (!-r 'color.rc', 'Removed color.rc');
+
+exit 0;
+
diff --git a/src/tests/color.overdue.t b/src/tests/color.overdue.t
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..9555a92cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/tests/color.overdue.t
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+#! /usr/bin/perl
+################################################################################
+## task - a command line task list manager.
+##
+## Copyright 2006 - 2009, Paul Beckingham.
+## All rights reserved.
+##
+## This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
+## the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software
+## Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later
+## version.
+##
+## This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+## ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS
+## FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for more
+## details.
+##
+## You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
+## this program; if not, write to the
+##
+##     Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
+##     51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
+##     Boston, MA
+##     02110-1301
+##     USA
+##
+################################################################################
+
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+use Test::More tests => 5;
+
+# Create the rc file.
+if (open my $fh, '>', 'color.rc')
+{
+  print $fh "data.location=.\n",
+            "color.overdue=red\n",
+            "_forcecolor=1\n";
+  close $fh;
+  ok (-r 'color.rc', 'Created color.rc');
+}
+
+# Test the add command.
+qx{../task rc:color.rc add due:tomorrow nothing};
+qx{../task rc:color.rc add due:yesterday red};
+my $output = qx{../task rc:color.rc list};
+
+like ($output, qr/ (?!<\033\[\d\dm) \d{1,2}\/\d{1,2}\/\d{4} (?!>\033\[0m) .* nothing /x, 'none');
+like ($output, qr/ \033\[31m        .* red .* \033\[0m/x, 'color.overdue');
+
+# Cleanup.
+unlink 'pending.data';
+ok (!-r 'pending.data', 'Removed pending.data');
+
+unlink 'color.rc';
+ok (!-r 'color.rc', 'Removed color.rc');
+
+exit 0;
+
diff --git a/src/tests/color.project.t b/src/tests/color.project.t
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..2b90ec59c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/tests/color.project.t
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+#! /usr/bin/perl
+################################################################################
+## task - a command line task list manager.
+##
+## Copyright 2006 - 2009, Paul Beckingham.
+## All rights reserved.
+##
+## This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
+## the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software
+## Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later
+## version.
+##
+## This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+## ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS
+## FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for more
+## details.
+##
+## You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
+## this program; if not, write to the
+##
+##     Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
+##     51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
+##     Boston, MA
+##     02110-1301
+##     USA
+##
+################################################################################
+
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+use Test::More tests => 5;
+
+# Create the rc file.
+if (open my $fh, '>', 'color.rc')
+{
+  print $fh "data.location=.\n",
+            "color.project.x=red\n",
+            "_forcecolor=1\n";
+  close $fh;
+  ok (-r 'color.rc', 'Created color.rc');
+}
+
+# Test the add command.
+qx{../task rc:color.rc add nothing};
+qx{../task rc:color.rc add project:x red};
+my $output = qx{../task rc:color.rc list};
+
+like ($output, qr/ (?!<\033\[\d\dm) .* nothing .* (?!>\033\[0m) /x, 'none');
+like ($output, qr/ \033\[31m        .* red     .* \033\[0m /x, 'color.project.red');
+
+# Cleanup.
+unlink 'pending.data';
+ok (!-r 'pending.data', 'Removed pending.data');
+
+unlink 'color.rc';
+ok (!-r 'color.rc', 'Removed color.rc');
+
+exit 0;
+
diff --git a/src/tests/color.recurring.t b/src/tests/color.recurring.t
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..27990b1aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/tests/color.recurring.t
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+#! /usr/bin/perl
+################################################################################
+## task - a command line task list manager.
+##
+## Copyright 2006 - 2009, Paul Beckingham.
+## All rights reserved.
+##
+## This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
+## the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software
+## Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later
+## version.
+##
+## This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+## ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS
+## FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for more
+## details.
+##
+## You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
+## this program; if not, write to the
+##
+##     Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
+##     51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
+##     Boston, MA
+##     02110-1301
+##     USA
+##
+################################################################################
+
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+use Test::More tests => 5;
+
+# Create the rc file.
+if (open my $fh, '>', 'color.rc')
+{
+  print $fh "data.location=.\n",
+            "color.recurring=red\n",
+            "_forcecolor=1\n";
+  close $fh;
+  ok (-r 'color.rc', 'Created color.rc');
+}
+
+# Test the add command.
+qx{../task rc:color.rc add nothing};
+qx{../task rc:color.rc add due:tomorrow recur:1w red};
+my $output = qx{../task rc:color.rc list};
+
+like ($output, qr/ (?!<\033\[\d\dm) .* nothing .* (?!>\033\[0m) /x, 'none');
+like ($output, qr/ \033\[31m        .* red     .* \033\[0m      /x, 'color.recurring');
+
+# Cleanup.
+unlink 'pending.data';
+ok (!-r 'pending.data', 'Removed pending.data');
+
+unlink 'color.rc';
+ok (!-r 'color.rc', 'Removed color.rc');
+
+exit 0;
+
diff --git a/src/tests/color.tag.t b/src/tests/color.tag.t
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..da870e39e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/tests/color.tag.t
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+#! /usr/bin/perl
+################################################################################
+## task - a command line task list manager.
+##
+## Copyright 2006 - 2009, Paul Beckingham.
+## All rights reserved.
+##
+## This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
+## the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software
+## Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later
+## version.
+##
+## This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+## ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS
+## FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for more
+## details.
+##
+## You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
+## this program; if not, write to the
+##
+##     Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
+##     51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
+##     Boston, MA
+##     02110-1301
+##     USA
+##
+################################################################################
+
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+use Test::More tests => 6;
+
+# Create the rc file.
+if (open my $fh, '>', 'color.rc')
+{
+  print $fh "data.location=.\n",
+            "color.tag.red=red\n",
+            "color.tag.green=green\n",
+            "_forcecolor=1\n";
+  close $fh;
+  ok (-r 'color.rc', 'Created color.rc');
+}
+
+# Test the add command.
+qx{../task rc:color.rc add nothing};
+qx{../task rc:color.rc add +red red};
+qx{../task rc:color.rc add +green green};
+my $output = qx{../task rc:color.rc list};
+
+like ($output, qr/ (?!<\033\[\d\dm) .* nothing .* (?!>\033\[0m) /x, 'none');
+like ($output, qr/ \033\[31m        .* red     .* \033\[0m /x, 'color.tag.red');
+like ($output, qr/ \033\[32m        .* green   .* \033\[0m /x, 'color.tag.green');
+
+# Cleanup.
+unlink 'pending.data';
+ok (!-r 'pending.data', 'Removed pending.data');
+
+unlink 'color.rc';
+ok (!-r 'color.rc', 'Removed color.rc');
+
+exit 0;
+
diff --git a/src/tests/color.tagged.t b/src/tests/color.tagged.t
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..947a467e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/tests/color.tagged.t
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+#! /usr/bin/perl
+################################################################################
+## task - a command line task list manager.
+##
+## Copyright 2006 - 2009, Paul Beckingham.
+## All rights reserved.
+##
+## This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
+## the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software
+## Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later
+## version.
+##
+## This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+## ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS
+## FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for more
+## details.
+##
+## You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
+## this program; if not, write to the
+##
+##     Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
+##     51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
+##     Boston, MA
+##     02110-1301
+##     USA
+##
+################################################################################
+
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+use Test::More tests => 5;
+
+# Create the rc file.
+if (open my $fh, '>', 'color.rc')
+{
+  print $fh "data.location=.\n",
+            "color.tagged=red\n",
+            "_forcecolor=1\n";
+  close $fh;
+  ok (-r 'color.rc', 'Created color.rc');
+}
+
+# Test the add command.
+qx{../task rc:color.rc add nothing};
+qx{../task rc:color.rc add +tag red};
+my $output = qx{../task rc:color.rc list};
+
+like ($output, qr/ (?!<\033\[\d\dm) .* nothing .* (?!>\033\[0m) /x, 'none');
+like ($output, qr/ \033\[31m        .* red     .* \033\[0m /x, 'color.tagged');
+
+# Cleanup.
+unlink 'pending.data';
+ok (!-r 'pending.data', 'Removed pending.data');
+
+unlink 'color.rc';
+ok (!-r 'color.rc', 'Removed color.rc');
+
+exit 0;
+